Example sentences of "[be] [verb] when they [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reasons are the same ; the valleyside torrents are checked when they reach the main valley floor and aggradation takes place , the fan shape usually resulting from the stream shifting its course from time to time . |
| 2 | The jobs in the batch queue are executed when they reach the head of their particular queue , and the output is sent to the system line-printer . |
| 3 | Great efforts have been made to restore the salmon runs on rivers in the American north-east , only for 70-90 per cent of the fish to be caught when they reach the rich feeding grounds off the west coast of Greenland . |
| 4 | However , it is unlikely that biologists will be misunderstood when they apply the term to animals . |
| 5 | Error bars ( 2 standard error ) are illustrated when they exceed the symbol size . |
| 6 | Outside , the rain which had been falling when they entered the building seemed to have eased . |
| 7 | Their worst excesses were committed when they reached the Delta districts where amid the Burmese there were villages of the Karen minority . |
| 8 | The prosecutor has alleged that the police were shot when they stopped the men 's car for a routine check . |
| 9 | Her worst fears were confirmed when they reached the circular chamber . |
| 10 | It was an insult : they did n't need white nannies — did more than two black people in a room constitute a riot ? -were they to step back to the old plantation days ? — had Kinnock and Hattersley been drunk when they drafted the proposal ? |
| 11 | National and international events are covered when they affect the local area . |
| 12 | Their first attempt , however , was foiled when they lost the centre leaf and had to walk out at this point . |
| 13 | It was intensified when they noticed the attire of their maître . |
| 14 | The authority of government was still exercised more directly through the law courts than in later centuries , and the authority of the Lords of Trade was underlined when they received the power to hear appeals from courts in the colonies . |